7:26 PM,
Nov. 25, 2012

The Cedar City Aquatic Center was evaluated by Southern Utah University students to determine its economic viability.

Written by

Josh Huntsman
| jhuntsman@thespectrum.com

Students in Southern Utah University's School of Business performed a cost-benefit analysis of the Cedar City Aquatic Center and found that the center is economically viable for at least another 30 years.

Joe Baker, a professor of economics for SUU's Department of Economics and Finance, guided his managerial economics class through the study, with four student leaders in charge of gathering and interpreting the data.

Mary Fulton, a senior social science and math major, said the study's results were broken into separate parts: The first was based on the cost of operating the aquatic ...